Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister, Mélanie Joly, is developing an "Arctic foreign policy" with closer collaboration with NATO allies Finland and Sweden.

Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister, Mélanie Joly, is developing an "Arctic foreign policy" to address increasing regional tensions and geopolitical changes, involving closer collaboration with NATO allies Finland and Sweden. The policy will focus on new partnerships in military exercises, intelligence sharing, and defense procurement, and is a response to the rapid change in geopolitics in the Arctic region, requiring new partnerships and alterations in military strategies.